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DIVISION THREE — BRAINS. 229 



This is the first year that I found any published election returns from 

 Pasadena, and its vote on November 4, 1884, was : 



FOR PRESIDENT. FOR CONGRESS. FOR LEGISLATURE. 



Blaine, rep 270 Markham, rep 298 Col. J. Banbury, rep., 275 



Cleveland, dem 59 Del Valle, dem 49 Abbot Kinney, dem. 56 



St. John, prohib.,*.. 32 



Butler, labor party*.. 4 



Thus Pasadena precinct cast 365 votes for presidential candidates in 



1884. But the vote for precinct officers ran up to 381 on justice of the 



peace, as follows : 



For Justice — T. P. Lukens, rep., 239 ; T. K. Bufkin, prohib., 81 ; E. S. Hereford, dem. 61 

 For Constable — H. C. Price, rep., 224; Geo. H. lyittle, prohib., no, 



April 14, 1884, the first Prohibition club was organized, as a result of 

 lectures by the famous Mrs. J. Ellen Foster of Iowa. The officers were — 

 Stephen Townsend, president ; Dr. lyyman Allen, secretary ; S. D. Bryant, 

 treasurer. And the votes for St. John, Bufkin and lyittle, as given above, 

 showed their voting strength that year. 



The first mention of any democratic political move in Pasadena is a re- 

 port of a meeting called by ly. C. Winston at the Roller Skating Rink, 

 October 29, 1884, and presided over by John W. Wilson. It was a mixed 

 affair, in which some republicans from San Gabriel took part, in opposition 

 to O. A. Stevens, a republican candidate for justice of the peace ; but the 

 real object of the meeting seemed to be in interest of the democratic candi- 

 date, E. S. Hereford, step-son of Hon. B. D. Wilson, who received 61 votes 

 in Pasadena precinct, as above noted. 



In June, 1885, T. P. Eukens resigned as justice of the peace, and 

 Charles A. Gardner was appointed by the county board of supervisors to 

 fill the vacancy. Hence Gardner was the incumbent when in 1886 the city 

 was incorporated, and he was then appointed Pasadena's first city recorder 

 or police judge. 



The next electional event was the first vote for city trustees, which took 

 place June 7, 1886, the incorporation having been officially granted on 

 May 13. For particulars of this election, see Chapter 14; also Chapter 12. 



This year affords the first formal notice that I found of a democratic 

 party meeting in Pasadena, and I quote it from the Union of June 18, 1886, 

 to show who were the leading democrats here at that time. The notice 

 read : 



" A meeting will be held at 8 p. m. Saturday, June 26, in the school- 

 house, Pasadena. All who are in sympathy with the great principles held 

 by the Democracy are invited to be present. Abbot Kinney, E. C Webster, 

 Bayard T. Smith, H. G. Bennett, R. M. Furlong, E. C. Winston, A. O. 

 Bristol." 



April 16, 1888, the city trustees canvassed the votes polled at the elec- 

 tion held on April 9, and found the following officers elected : 



*The votes for Butler and St. John were never published in Pasadena, and I had to hunt up old 

 records iu Los Angeles to find them. St. John had 343 votes in the county. 



